How to be a Soul Winner for Christ

Hey everyone!  I know it has been forever and a day since I last posted something but since I'm once again an intern, it seemed fitting to resume sharing some of the things that I am studying!  Hopefully you all will find them both encouraging and useful (with some humor sprinkled in every now and then :)

One of the first books I'm studying as a pastoral intern here in Missouri is a little work by Charles Spurgeon.

  It is a compilation of sermons he gave on evangelism, lectures to his pastoral students, and other writings.  Currently, I am on Chapter 2 which is entitled, "Qualifications for Winning Souls Godward"  I found it to be fantastic with many nuggets directed at future ministers in the church of Jesus Christ.


Here are some of the highlights from the chapter:






In order to be at tool in God’s hands for winning souls, you must possess certain qualities.  This is not to say that only perfect men can win souls but there must be some evidence of these qualities in your life.  Why?  "Because God will not go to work with instruments which would compromise His own character." (The Soul Winner, Chapter 2, page 30)

                              7 Characteristics of a Soul Winner

1)      A man who has holiness of character
2)      A man who has spiritual life to a high degree
3)      A man who possesses a humble spirit
4)      A man who has a living faith
5)      A man who is characterized by thorough earnestness
6)      A man who has a great simplicity of heart
7)      A man who completely surrenders himself to God

"[This] is the essential point: you must believe in God and in His Gospel if you are to be a winner of souls; some other things may be omitted, but this matter of faith must never be." (The Soul Winner, Chapter 2, page 41)

May God help each and every one of us to pursue holiness, humility, simple child-like faith, thorough earnestness, and spiritual life and vigor so that we too can be "fishers of men"!